Munich rampage

Amok driver wanted to “send everyone to paradise”

After the attack on a demonstration in Munich, the first fatalities have now been reported.(Bild: AFP)

The attack in Munich has now claimed its first victims: The two-year-old girl and her mother have died from their serious injuries. This was announced by the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation on Saturday.

The woman and her toddler had taken part in the Verdi demonstration for higher wages in the public sector on Thursday morning. She and her daughter were hit the hardest when the rejected asylum seeker Farhard Noori (24) crashed into the group of people.

The interrogation of the 24-year-old has been going on for days and has now had to be stopped. He is accused of 39 counts of attempted murder (see video above). According to "Bild", Farhad N. wanted to "send everyone to paradise". But the 24-year-old became increasingly confused and loud. The detectives had to break off the conversation.

39 people were injured in the incident.(Bild: AFP)

Videos and the suspect's cell phone are still being analyzed.(Bild: AFP)

The federal prosecutor's office has now taken over the investigation. "It is suspected that the act was religiously motivated and is to be understood as an attack on the free democratic basic order," the highest prosecution authority in Germany announced. The Afghan remains in custody on 39 counts of attempted murder.

Guido Limmer, deputy of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation, reveals details of the investigation: "We will evaluate videos, but also, for example, the suspect's cell phone."

Meanwhile, new information has emerged about the life of the suspected assassin. "I knew him, he was always nice. A friend of mine lived next door to him. She said that a few days before the crime, he often shouted around in his apartment - loudly. He also cried a lot," a neighbor told the newspaper "tz".

It also became public that Farhad N. had said goodbye to his family before the crime. "I won't be here tomorrow," the young man wrote to his relatives in Arabic.